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reached out to j.t., he made a decision that day and said to me that evening, those kids from rwanda reached out to me in love and he drew out a fundraising campaign that night. went to school the next morning, wrote a speech, gave it to 100 kids, stayed after school, stayed with it, and within a couple months, he was able to skype back to one of the orphan genocide survivors, and tell her that he had raised enough money, not only to send her to one year of college, but also to pay for her part of her family's >> i have teamed up with professor chris cook, the director of western connecticut state's compassion and creativity center. it's the second compassionate university in the country. he and i met with the president, who we explained what we were trying to do, which is bring tools and character values and compassion into schools, and president obama agreed whole-heartedly and said, "and my sister does that in hawaii. so you guys need to link up with her." he followed through and got us her information. >> you went and saw mya. >> we did. so mya is now on the advisory board of the
reached out to j.t., he made a decision that day and said to me that evening, those kids from rwanda reached out to me in love and he drew out a fundraising campaign that night. went to school the next morning, wrote a speech, gave it to 100 kids, stayed after school, stayed with it, and within a couple months, he was able to skype back to one of the orphan genocide survivors, and tell her that he had raised enough money, not only to send her to one year of college, but also to pay for her part...
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at the same time, he was very involved in the rwanda affair, he travelled to rwanda. and -- but at the same time, soledad, he's also a politician, he just lost a congress ap campaign. a republican campaign. and the republicans as you know, are piling on to their concerns about rice related to the benghazi issue. i might note that neither rah by schmooley as a citizen raised this during susan rice's campaign to the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. >> thanks elise. appreciate it. >>> out front tonight, john boehner offers up his own plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. the president responds and a new heir to the british thrown is on the way. an unusual condition is keeping the duchess of cambridge in the hospital. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. why they have a raise your rate cd. tonight our guest, thomas sargent. nobel laureate in economics, and one of the most cited economists in the world. professor sargent, can you tell
at the same time, he was very involved in the rwanda affair, he travelled to rwanda. and -- but at the same time, soledad, he's also a politician, he just lost a congress ap campaign. a republican campaign. and the republicans as you know, are piling on to their concerns about rice related to the benghazi issue. i might note that neither rah by schmooley as a citizen raised this during susan rice's campaign to the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. >> thanks elise. appreciate it. >>>...
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there's documents saying there's genocide in rwanda but we don't have to do anything, opposition to gay rights. there's a memo where bill clinton is warned about the image of his, quote, ultra liberal wife. she has spent 20 years getting over that and repositioning herself in a different way. her past in the white house will sure li be part of the campaign ahead if there is a campaign. >> i love reading those documents. maeve? >> out on the west coast this past week, jerry brown had a blow-out in the top two primaries. but you do have this new figure emerging, neel kashkari who is the gop nominee. he's going to try to position himself as the new face of california's gop which has been disseminat disseminated. nobody thinks he'll do well this year. but there's also this behind-the-scenes battle going on between gavin newsom, camila harris and antonio vig rosa and can he position himself to be anywhere close to beating them later on or any other republican. >> rebuilding the california republican party with this reboot 27.0, sflit. >> i'll end with this one. the republican establishment u
there's documents saying there's genocide in rwanda but we don't have to do anything, opposition to gay rights. there's a memo where bill clinton is warned about the image of his, quote, ultra liberal wife. she has spent 20 years getting over that and repositioning herself in a different way. her past in the white house will sure li be part of the campaign ahead if there is a campaign. >> i love reading those documents. maeve? >> out on the west coast this past week, jerry brown had...
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is rwanda a better historical comparison? >> i agree with fareed, with every word he just said, completely. i don't think even rwanda is an analogy of what's going on right now. i know kosovo has been mentioned, too. it's a little better than world war ii. the whole world war ii/hitler thing is very overwrought. i think the idea that chemical weapons are being used in syria, i mean, this is not a libya strike, you know, going after africa. this is in the heart of the middle east, where american interests are right by our border with turkey, our erstwhile nato ally, sharing a border with israel. it's a serious foreign policy crisis but the point fareed made is you don't want to oversell this as something larger than it is. i think that's where the administration has failed thus far. >> you brought up chemical weapons. are chemical weapons something worse here in general than what we normally see in warfare? chemical weapons seem to represent something different in our society and in our world culture. what if it had been a tac
is rwanda a better historical comparison? >> i agree with fareed, with every word he just said, completely. i don't think even rwanda is an analogy of what's going on right now. i know kosovo has been mentioned, too. it's a little better than world war ii. the whole world war ii/hitler thing is very overwrought. i think the idea that chemical weapons are being used in syria, i mean, this is not a libya strike, you know, going after africa. this is in the heart of the middle east, where...
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i don't think we want to do what we did in terms of the holocaust or rwanda and stud by and watched this happen. though that might not be an economic interest it's a moral interest in my view. >> general anthony zinni, thank for yours service and for being here. >> thank you. i need to get in a break. when i come back, some startling predictions of very smart guy who says all of the conventional wisdom about the midterm elections is dead wrong. princeton professor sam wang is standing by live. so what we're looking for is a way to "plus" our accounting firm's mobile plan. and "minus" our expenses. perfect timing. we're offering our best-ever pricing on mobile plans for business. run the numbers on that. well, unlimited talk and text, and ten gigs of data for the five of you would be... one-seventy-five a month. good calculating kyle. good job kyle. you just made partner. our best-ever pricing on mobile share value plans for business. now with a $100 bill credit for every business line you add. lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, becau
i don't think we want to do what we did in terms of the holocaust or rwanda and stud by and watched this happen. though that might not be an economic interest it's a moral interest in my view. >> general anthony zinni, thank for yours service and for being here. >> thank you. i need to get in a break. when i come back, some startling predictions of very smart guy who says all of the conventional wisdom about the midterm elections is dead wrong. princeton professor sam wang is...
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rwanda is just one example of a global trend. so, you know, even in places like saudi arabia, which have septemb centuries long issues with women's suppression, slowly, but surely -- we're not anywhere near where we in the with west think those countries should be but driving is becoming more acceptable. >> there are changes? >> there are change. >> unequivocal data that the best way to improve the world is the empowerment of women, especially the economic empowerment of women. >> when there are more women in the higher offices of business and government there's actually less corruption. >> and more fairness. >> hmm. margaret, let's get together and talk about that after the show, shall we? talk about the sisterhood. >>> let's talk about another issue, which he says by not wiring communities, you allow -- and everybody has cell phones, you actually allow these communities to swrump over what has been historically a hurdle, wiring an entire community, expensive, challenging. cell phones change that. >> he takes head on the divisio
rwanda is just one example of a global trend. so, you know, even in places like saudi arabia, which have septemb centuries long issues with women's suppression, slowly, but surely -- we're not anywhere near where we in the with west think those countries should be but driving is becoming more acceptable. >> there are changes? >> there are change. >> unequivocal data that the best way to improve the world is the empowerment of women, especially the economic empowerment of...
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he said my one regret was inaction in rwanda. what if we do nothing about gases of thousands of people in syria? i have heard some people say that if we go in and we strike assad and make him pay for the use of chemical weapons more than any benefit he gains, that we are acting as "al qaeda's air force." i believe that is a cheap line by some people who garner headlines and not a serious discussion of what's going on in syria. mr. secretary kerry, if you'll start. what's your thought on the comment of the cheap line of al qaeda's air force in dealing with the opposition and in punishing an evil man for using evil weapons? >> congressman, your comments have been very eloquent and i think very, very important to this discussion. i am confident i join the general and secretary hagel in thinking you for your service willing to serve in the guard as well as a pilot but also here. the intent of the president could not be more clear. and the impact if we effect -- if congress will pass this and we can carry out this action, the impact w
he said my one regret was inaction in rwanda. what if we do nothing about gases of thousands of people in syria? i have heard some people say that if we go in and we strike assad and make him pay for the use of chemical weapons more than any benefit he gains, that we are acting as "al qaeda's air force." i believe that is a cheap line by some people who garner headlines and not a serious discussion of what's going on in syria. mr. secretary kerry, if you'll start. what's your thought...
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it's outside of rwanda, angola. the government had to build this to solve its housing shortage, but very few can actually afford to live there. cnn's dave mckenzie takes us inside a high-rise ghosttown. ♪ >> this is the promise of a new angola. the government propaganda video shows the scale of the new city. ♪ the chinese got. it's quite extraordinary. some five years ago there was absolutely nothing here. just bush. in that time they have schools and medical centers, kindergartens and tens of thousands of apartments. built using angola's oil credit lines with china. the final touches are still being made. but there are highways without cars. schools with no pupils. it feels like a ghosttown. we eventually found someone who had bought a flat. >> so you live in this apartment building? which -- where is your apartment? on the seventh floor. wow. and this building, is it completely filled? >> no, no. >> translator: no. we have through residents in this building. three apartments occupied. >> reporter: is it strang
it's outside of rwanda, angola. the government had to build this to solve its housing shortage, but very few can actually afford to live there. cnn's dave mckenzie takes us inside a high-rise ghosttown. ♪ >> this is the promise of a new angola. the government propaganda video shows the scale of the new city. ♪ the chinese got. it's quite extraordinary. some five years ago there was absolutely nothing here. just bush. in that time they have schools and medical centers, kindergartens...
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greatest regret as far as being a president on a policy issue is that he failed to do anything as far as rwanda and the generocide that goes on. >> he blames himself. >> he knew what was going on. he made that decision not to intervene and 800,000 or so people were slaughtered as a result of that. i went with him to those countries in 1998. susan rice was with me on that trip as well as assistant secretary for african affairs. he blames himself. >> to retroactively turn that on susan rice is ridiculous. >> that's a former situation that obviously the former president of the united states knows very, very well. piers morgan will have the full interview tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern. i think you're going to want to watch this important interview. piers is going to join us in our 6:00 p.m. eastern hour as well. >>> both egyptians that despise the government are venting on the streets. like a lot of things, trying to find a better job can be frustrating. so at university of phoenix we're working with a growing list of almost two thousand corporate partners - companies like microsoft, american red cr
greatest regret as far as being a president on a policy issue is that he failed to do anything as far as rwanda and the generocide that goes on. >> he blames himself. >> he knew what was going on. he made that decision not to intervene and 800,000 or so people were slaughtered as a result of that. i went with him to those countries in 1998. susan rice was with me on that trip as well as assistant secretary for african affairs. he blames himself. >> to retroactively turn that...